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1 .This is Scientific American's 60-Second Space. I'm John Matson. Got a minute?
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2 .For a brief moment, it was the robot king of Mars.
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3 .Then it shut down unexpectedly and was lost for good.
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4 .Back in 1971 the Soviet lander Mars 3 scored the first soft landing on the Red Planet.
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5 .But it operated for only about 15 seconds and then failed.
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6 .Since that time, Mars 3 has been little more than an historic interplanetary paperweight,
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7 .its exact resting place unknown.
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8 .Now a team of amateur researchers may have located the defunct lander.
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9 .Using imagery taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2007, the searchers spotted an object that could be Mars 3.
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10 .Nearby they also turned up what may be the lander's descent module and heat shield,
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11 .as well as an unusually bright spot that could be the parachute.
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12 .All four items are in the expected landing area.
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13 .A follow-up photo of the region acquired by the NASA orbiter in March has strengthened the case.
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14 .But the researchers will keep poring over the available imagery to make sure.
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15 .Unfortunately there's no way to get a closer look.
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16 .Because the current robot king of Mars, the Curiosity rover, is thousands of kilometers away.
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17 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American's 60-Second Space. I'm John Matson.
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